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The Kingittorsuaq runestone, found on an island off northwest Greenland, is the northernmost runestone in the world. It names three Norse sailors.
What is the Kingittorsuaq runestone?
The northernmost runestone in the world was found in 1824 on Kingittorsuaq, a small island off northwest Greenland, at 72° 57′ north — far above the Arctic Circle. Carved in the Middle Ages, around 1250–1333, it names three Norse sailors who built cairns there. It is now in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
Read the Frösö Runestone, another far northern stone.
Questions
Where is the Kingittorsuaq runestone?
In the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.
How old is it?
From around 1250–1333.